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Backdraft (1991)

Directed by Ron Howard

Action | Adventure | Drama

Most recently watched by jenerator, Drew73

Overview

Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.

Rated R | Length 137 minutes

Actors

Kurt Russell | William Baldwin | Robert De Niro | Donald Sutherland | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Scott Glenn | Rebecca De Mornay | Jason Gedrick | J.T. Walsh | Anthony Mockus Sr. | Cedric Young | Juan Ramírez | Kevin Casey | Jack McGee | Mark Wheeler | Richard Lexsee | Beep Iams | Ryan Goldstein | John Duda | Robert Swan | Clint Howard | Ron West | Kevin Crowley | Carlos Sanz | Jane Jenkins | David Crosby | W. Earl Brown | James Ritz | Irma P. Hall | Nydia Rodriguez Terracina | Dennis Liddiard | David Luckenbach | Gregory Lundsgaard | Dan Tullis Jr. | Peter C. Hobert

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
08/05/2014TVStreamingVideo on Demand8.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

A little melodramatic but still a lot of fun to watch, especially with all the Chicago locations. If this movie were made today all the pyro effects would be CGI and it’d look five times as bad.

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